Casper Eman
Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain-Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
J Egypt Public Health Assoc. 2021 May 24;96(1):13. doi: 10.1186/s42506-021-00076-z.
The World Health Organization declared coronavirus infection 2019 (COVID-19) as a pandemic in March 2020. The infection with coronavirus started in Wuhan city, China, in December 2019. As of October 2020, the disease was reported in 235 countries. The coronavirus infection 2019 (COVID-19) is a disease with high morbidity and mortality. As of February 2021, the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 globally is 102,942,987 and 2,232,233 deaths according to WHO report. This infection is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2), which is a ribonucleic acid (RNA) β-coronavirus. The infection is mainly transmitted through respiratory droplets.Healthcare workers (HCWs) play an essential role at the front lines, providing care for patients infected with this highly transmittable disease. They are exposed to very high occupational health risk as they frequently contact the infective persons. In order to limit the number of infected cases and deaths among healthcare workers, it is crucial to have better awareness, optimistic attitude, efficient PPE, and adequate health practices about COVID-19.
2020年3月，世界卫生组织宣布2019冠状病毒感染（COVID-19）为大流行病。冠状病毒感染于2019年12月在中国武汉市开始。截至2020年10月，235个国家报告了该疾病。2019冠状病毒感染（COVID-19）是一种发病率和死亡率都很高的疾病。根据世界卫生组织的报告，截至2021年2月，全球COVID-19确诊病例数为102942987例，死亡2232233例。这种感染是由严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2（SARS-CoV-2）引起的，它是一种核糖核酸（RNA）β冠状病毒。感染主要通过呼吸道飞沫传播。医护人员在前线发挥着至关重要的作用，为感染这种高传染性疾病的患者提供护理。由于他们经常接触感染者，所以面临极高的职业健康风险。为了限制医护人员中的感染病例数和死亡人数，提高对COVID-19的认识、保持乐观态度、配备有效的个人防护装备以及采取适当的健康措施至关重要。
